Friday, June 19, 1998
Italy prove Vieri good for Cameroon
Christian Vieri scored twice and Luigi Di Biagio grabbed his first goal for Italy as they beat 10-man Cameroon 3-0 to break the deadlock in World Cup Group B. Vieri scored Italy's second after 75 minutes with a delicate chip over goalkeeper Jacques Songo'O and then bulldozed his way through the Cameroon defence in the 89th to add his second, taking his tally in the tournament to three.
Anand overwhelms Kasparov
Indian Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand, coming back from a break in his hometown, Chennai, scored a win over world's highest rated player Garry Kasparov in the second round of the Siemens Nixdorf Giants Tournament. The Indian, who drew his opening round match with Vassily Ivanchuk, beat Kasparov in the second and then drew with Vladimir Kramnik in the third round. He is now second position overall, half-a-point behind Kramnik, who has 2.5 points out of three.
McCarthy makes a mark for S Africa
Benedict McCarthy scored South Africa's first World Cup goal yesterday to grab a 1-1 draw against Denmark in an incident-packed World Cup match which saw three sendings-off, equalling the record for a finals. Allan Nielsen gave Denmark the lead in the Group C match when Chelsea-bound Brian Laudrup set him up with a perfectly-measured cross from the right wing.
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